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The First Deep Breath by Lee Edward Colston II

Geffen Playhouse 10886 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles

The Geffen Playhouse presents The First Deep Breath by Lee Edward Colston II, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. You think your family has drama? Meet the Joneses. Pastor Albert Jones and his family are proud leaders of the Mother Bethel Baptist ...

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$30 – $129
Ongoing

All the Way West Productions presents Southern Girls

Hudson Backstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

All the Way West Productions presents Southern Girls by Sheri Bailey and Dura Temple, directed by Zadia Ife, at the Hudson Backstage Theatre. Featuring: Jessica Sade Ward, Arianna Evangelia, Ash Saunders, Maria Jimena Gastelum, Katie Spokely and Swisyzinna. Set in a small town in Alabama, Southern ...

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$25 – $35

DADA Summer Intensive Auditions: LA 2023

LOS ANGELES AUDITION DATES (IN-PERSON) January 21st February 4th | February 18th March 4th | March 18th April 1st | April 15th | April 29th May 6th AUDITION TIME: 4:00PM Check-In 4:30-5:30PM Auditions AGE GROUPS: 8yr - 11yr | 12yr - 15yr ...

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Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Segerstrom Stage 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

South Coast Repertory presents Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg. Arkansas, present day. The estranged members of the Lafayette family gather at their late father’s crumbling plantation to prepare for the estate sale. But decades of resentment have a way of ...

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$27 – $98

The Robey Theatre Company’s Advanced Scene Study Workshop

Victory Theatre Center 3326 W Victory Blvd., Burbank

Guided by The Robey’s award-winning Producing Artistic Director, Ben Guillory, the Advanced Scene Study Workshop provides an intense, ten-week scene study for actors who wish to bring their work to the next level.  Actors are encouraged to develop their craft through the ...

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$500

The Robey Theatre Company’s Playwrights Lab

Virtual

2023 SPRING SESSION is OPEN The Robey Theatre Company’s Playwrights Lab provides weekly sessions and one-on-one meetings to foster a space tailored to each writer’s needs plus curate a timeline for the author’s writing goals and needs. With an emphasis on prompts, ...

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Towne Street Theatre’s IMPROV with Twon Pope

Stella Adler Theatre at Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre 6773 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd Fl., Hollywood

Announcing Towne Street Workshops! IMPROV with Twon Pope The first 4 weeks will be dedicated to the players studying the elements of short-form improvisation. Players will learn technique, character development and how improv shows up in auditions. The final two weeks will ...

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$150

Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side by Adrienne Kennedy

REDCAT 631 W 2nd St., Los Angeles

REDCAT presents Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side by Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Monty Cole. One of the American theater’s seminal writers, Adrienne Kennedy captures the Black experience in America in the 20th century with a trademark embrace of symbolism, ...

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$25

Vroom Vroom & Solarpunks at the Hantext ’22 Play Reading Festival

David Henry Hwang Theater 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles

Pothos Arts & Theater House x REACH LA present: The Hantext '22 Play Reading Festival! Join them for a 4 day theater festival and enjoy brand new works from queer and trans playwrights of color from the Hantext Class of '22. Friday, ...

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Free

Langston Hughes Speakeasy: An Evening of Excerpts selected from the Langston Hughes Anthology

The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center 4305 Degnan Blvd #101, Los Angeles

Leimert Park Village Theatre Coalition in association with The Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center presents Langston Hughes Speakeasy: An Evening of Excerpts selected from the Langston Hughes Anthology Directed by Marilyn Sue Perry-Ross. Featuring Poet’s Jazz House *Followed by a discussion ...

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$20